DPChallenge: A Digital Photography Contest You are not logged in. (log in or register
 
Challenge Entries
Portfolio Images
This image is not part of a public portfolio.
Reaching to the Sun
Reaching to the Sun
annig


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Rule of Thirds III (Basic Editing)
Camera: Panasonic DMC-FZ30
Location: my garden, VT
Date: Apr 19, 2007
Aperture: f5.6
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/640s
Galleries: Nature, Floral
Date Uploaded: Apr 24, 2007

crop, sharpen, adjust contrast & color, resize
this was so great the day I took it-subject.we shall see..

Post: THANKS TO ALL WHO TOOK THE TIME TO COMMENT!! I took the "Rule" to be a suggestion, in terms of subject placement, but more important in terms of fore, mid and background. I looked at the crop & composition of this in that fashion. Besides, "RULES" were made to be broken! just not here eh? C'est la vie...

Statistics
Place: 332 out of 380
Avg (all users): 4.7425
Avg (commenters): 3.5714
Avg (participants): 4.5455
Avg (non-participants): 4.9111
Views since voting: 779
Views during voting: 235
Votes: 167
Comments: 11
Favorites: 0


Please log in or register to add your comments!

AuthorThread
05/05/2007 01:48:03 AM
Hi from Critique Club.
and welcome to DPchallenge.

Technically , I think this shot is overexposed. White flowers are hard to shoot and a lot of the petal detail is lost. The leaf in the front left is a bit distracting. A different angle may have helped both problems.

Subject: I think the crop is too tight, its not a macro so more flower and better DOF would have made this more interesting.

Meeting the challenge, Well I think the comments speak volumes, it is centered no rule of thirds there.

I have looked at your portfolio and you have some really nice pictures there. It takes awhile to understand the voting trends, but the people here are helpful and very honest with their comments.
Keep entering challenges and you will learn that score doesn't really matter, it's the challenge of the shot and how much you enjoyed yourself taking the picture.
Best of Luck

Karen
  Photographer found comment helpful.
05/03/2007 11:52:52 AM
Anne, this is an exquisite photo. The light, focus, color, and composition are superb (just not for the rule of thirds challenge). I think you would have had a much higher score if you had used this for Free Study. (No noise problem here!)
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 Comments Made During the Challenge
04/29/2007 06:57:42 AM
DNMC i'm afraid.
04/28/2007 05:29:08 PM
Is there a fly in there?
  Photographer found comment helpful.
04/27/2007 10:17:40 PM
Good and sharp. Picture overall is pretty busy, lots going on in the BG and I think a tighter crop might have served you well.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
04/26/2007 11:54:41 PM
my eyes go to the center not to the 1/3rds
  Photographer found comment helpful.
04/25/2007 04:49:12 PM
your focal point looks centered
  Photographer found comment helpful.
04/25/2007 01:47:22 PM
No, no, no! The stamen and pistil are centered; this isn't what the Rule is about. A very nice photo, and it would be a winning candidate in other topics, but not for this one. Now, if this had been cropped so that the pistil and its shadow had been on grid nodes, you'd have had a real chance to win.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
04/25/2007 08:09:57 AM
not sure I understand where you applied the rule of thirds here...the image is quite central which is not what this challenge is about
  Photographer found comment helpful.
04/25/2007 01:26:47 AM
a tad centered...
  Photographer found comment helpful.
04/25/2007 12:24:24 AM
my eyes drift to the center of the flower.. and its at the center of the frame..
  Photographer found comment helpful.


Home - Challenges - Community - League - Photos - Cameras - Lenses - Learn - Help - Terms of Use - Privacy - Top ^
DPChallenge, and website content and design, Copyright © 2001-2025 Challenging Technologies, LLC.
All digital photo copyrights belong to the photographers and may not be used without permission.
Current Server Time: 03/11/2025 01:12:21 PM EDT.